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Date: 01-19-2021
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Case Number: 1:20-cr-00022-SPW
Judge: Susan P. Watters
Court: United States District Court for the District of Montana (Yellowston County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Billings, Montana
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Description: Billings, Montana domestic assault and battery criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Augustus Christopher Wolfblack, a/k/a Augustus Christopher Flatmouth, age 19, with assault by strangulation of a dating partner on Aug. 11, 2020.
In court documents filed in the case, the prosecution said Wolfblack assaulted the victim on Sept. 15, 2019 in Lodge Grass. Wolfblack struck the victim with his fists, put her in a headlock and strangled her. The victim was treated at the Indian Health Services in Crow Agency for injuries. When interviewed, Wolfblack initially denied assaulting the victim except to say he grabbed her arm after she hit him in the head. After being pressed, Wolfblack admitted he had assaulted the victim, although he claimed that he did not squeeze her neck.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lori Suek prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the FBI.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
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